deep crisis multilateral trade is going through at the moment and e.u. officials made the comment at a gathering of the world trade organization in geneva on monday and other members there didn't sugarcoat their words either the u.s. claim china's quote unfair competitive practices were harming foreign companies beijing fired back slamming washington's tariffs. for months now china and the u.s. have traded tit for tat tariffs no surprise the latest rhetoric of the world trade organization was heated the u.s. to. share says china subsidizes its local manufacturers while discriminating against foreign ones called china's actions are incompatible with the open market based approach expressly envisioned and full by other members and contrary to the fundamental principles of this organization and its agreements and quote. meanwhile china. washington's tariffs on steel and aluminum enable protectionism under the